Come one and all to HomeShop on Sunday, December 8th for WaoBao! 4ever the fourth and final WaoBao! event before HomeShop closes its doors FOREVER. Starting at 11 am WaoBao! will welcome exchanges of HOT items for tickets (to be used to exchange for other items) and commence a veritable carnival of activities. At 5 pm, an exhilarating auction will wrap up with the finest goods of the day!

NEW at WaoBao! 4ever:

There are new limits on the number of tickets given for books, clothing and CDs.

But there is a new way to earn tickets on site!

New work stations where participants can acquire tickets through short bursts of HARD WORK.

– Tell a story about your objects!

– Work on the HomeShop memorial quilt!

– Oversee the work of others!

All of these will get you EXTRA tickets!

Bonus!Now with FREE “2 Tiao Art Festival”: A series of interventions by live artists making fair trade* performances, actions and art masterpieces! Value added!

basic rules and conditions: To take part, all you need to do is bring all your unwanted goods to HomeShop on December 8th from 11 to 5pm and swap! Do keep in mind, the WaoBao! team can appraise or reject broken or damaged goods at their discretion. We are also open for participants to swap services and skills, such as language and cooking classes. All items go on a first come, first served basis, and selected priority items will be set aside to be auctioned off at 5pm on the day.

IF YOU MISS THIS ONE…

*these artworks are not certified by any third party fair trade organization

For the next meeting of the Happy Friends Reading Club, scheduled for 5 pm on Sunday, September 1st, 2013 we will cover chapters 8–10 of Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier (2013… read what you can).

Following a sequence of readings on science fiction, utopia, human economies, and value, we turn to the words of “the prophet of Silicon Valley” (Simon & Schuster, publisher) to wonder whether micropayments can redeem the promises of this dystopia we have sunk into. mmm, sounds a little Utopian.

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On Saturday July 27th, from 11:00 to 16:00 at INDIGO mall HomeShop will hold its second edition of True and False as part of the Beijing Farmers’ Market and Country Fair, hosting two activities.

12:00 pm — 酒仙桥艺术之旅 Jiuxianqiao Art Tour

艺术的转基因作用，被转基因后的艺术。假作真来，真亦假。真作假来，假亦真…与 “见”赏大师一起去发现有机艺术…

This tour of the new international art works in the Jiuxianqiao area addresses the transgenetic function of art, and the genetically modified art: When the false is considered true, the true is the false, when the true is considered false, the false is the true… Let’s find organic art together…

全天 all day — 蔬菜洗礼仪式 Vegetable Purification Ceremony

修女艾丽萨 安妮 玛丽 玛丽亚 主持的蔬菜祝福服务主持。为了保证口味十足，带你的农产品来接受祝福。

Led by Sister Eliza-Annie-Mary-MariaBring your produce for a ritual blessing. Guaranteed to enhance taste.

“Welcoming the Gods of Wealth on the Fifth Day”
In China there is a custom of welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first Month on the lunar calendar. It was popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as in the Republic of China, and it is still widely practiced in folk traditions. Legend has it, there are six gods in charge of earthly prosperity.
1. Central God of Wealth: Zhao Gongming, in charge of attracting abundance of treasures, riches, valuables and money.
2. Civil God of Wealth: Fan Li, in charge of luxuries and positions of nobility.
3. Military God of Wealth: Guan Yu, loyal and faithful, protecting people’s prosperity.
4. Off-Center God of Wealth: Liu Haichan, spreading money to the poor.
5. South Sea God of Wealth: Long Wuye, casting out diseases and ghosts.
6. Shanxi Merchant: Bai Gui, governing the laws of commerce.
Drawing lots, in the 5th day of the first month, Gao Ling invited the Central God of Wealth to HomeShop, CC invited the Shanxi Merchant to HomeShop. WB ushered in the Civil God of Wealth, and CYK summoned the Military God of Wealth. Everyone supplicated to the gods to work effectively to attract a bounty of financial resources in the new year!